Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,674 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Click here to learn more.
Milwaukee Riot (2016)
Interior of the Cherry Street Library, Evansville, Indiana
Click here to learn more.
Cherry Street Library, Evansville, Indiana (1914-1955)
Click here to learn more.
Henry Jay Lewis (1932-1996)
Click here to learn more.
W. Augustus Low (1916-1988)

Explore Global African History

Click here to learn more.
The Quest for Land and Freedom on Canada’s Western Prairies: Black Oklahomans in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-1912
Bromley Armstrong
Click here to learn more.
Bromley Lloyd Armstrong (1926-2018)
Click here to learn more.
Ishmael Beah (1980- )
Click here to learn more.
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers (1966-1988)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Click here to learn more.
Challenging Caste and Race: The Campaign for Integrated Higher Education in the Reconstruction Era
Click here to learn more.
Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
Click here to learn more.
Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey
Click here to learn more.
African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

Partner Products and Community Announcements

Bobblehead Hall of Fame button

Job Opportunities With BlackPast.org

11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington